Chairperson: Peter Hamlin
Professors: K. Hekmatpanah, R. Spittal, J. K. Waters, S.J. (Emeritus)
Associate Professor: P. Hamlin, M. Stohlmann
Assistant Professors: M. Kropf, J. Tarver
Senior Lecturer: D. Fague
The department offers two majors and two minors:
Bachelor of Arts, Music major
(required concentration in General Studies, Performance, Composition, Sacred Music, or Jazz)
Bachelor of Arts, Music Education major
(required concentration in Choral and General Music or Instrumental and General Music)
Minor in Conducting (for Music or Music Education majors only)
Minor in Music
The Music major requires the completion of a concentration in General Studies, Performance, Composition, Sacred Music, or Jazz. The Music Education major certifies the graduate to teach music in the elementary and secondary schools in the State of Washington and 47 reciprocating states. Students majoring in Music Education may select either the choral and general music or instrumental and general music concentration.
All music majors are required to be involved in a major ensemble (orchestra, wind ensemble, or choir) and applied lessons (MUSC 131) in their major instrument each semester after declaration as a music major. Majors in the performance concentrations are required to enroll in applied lessons for two credits every semester beginning the sophomore year. Students must audition to enter upper-division applied lessons (MUSC 331). All music majors are also required to pass a functional keyboard proficiency requirement. Those students who are awarded music scholarships are required to be involved actively in the department, maintain high academic standards, and participate in a performing ensemble and applied lessons each semester.
All instrumental and choral ensembles are open to all students regardless of major or minor through placement processes with faculty. Individual lessons are also available in voice, piano, organ, guitar, woodwinds, strings, brass, percussion, and jazz.
Lower Division
Students compose vocal and instrumental music to gain an understanding of the creative process and contemporary music. Topics include notation, the elements of music, instrumentation, vocal techniques, and aesthetics.
Students will acquire skills and proficiency in applications and technology that will allow them to create music, including but not limited to digital recording and editing, publishing scores, and electronically generating music. Music majors must take this course concurrently with MUSC 162 and MUSC 162L.
Designed for the pianist with no previous keyboard skills or note reading ability. Emphasis is on basic terminology, technique, and musical concepts. Literature includes classical to contemporary.
Designed for beginner to intermediate pianists who have completed MUSC 121 or who have some past keyboard experience. Includes review of basics, plus technique, sight-reading, harmonizing, transposition, improvisation, and literature.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 121 Minimum Grade: D
Designed for the beginning guitarist. Emphasis on tuning, position, chords, and basic reading skills.
A continuation of Guitar Class I.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 123 Minimum Grade: D
Designed for the beginning vocalist. Emphasizes the development of basic techniques of breath management, posture, tone quality, and diction. Includes study of vocal theory, exercise materials, and an introduction to standard vocal literature.
Required of all music majors. Students learn basic piano techniques (scales, arpegglos, hand positions), and they play a melody with accompaniment , clef reading, sight-reading, and basic repertoire.
Individual lessons in applied piano, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied organ/harpsichord, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied voice, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson. Students also meet for a weekly 60-minute studio class.
Individual lessons in applied violin, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied cello, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied oboe, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied guitar, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied string bass, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied clarinet, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied saxophone, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied flute, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied trumpet, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied low brass, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied percussion, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied jazz piano, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied bassoon, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied french horn, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied jazz improvisation, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied electric bass, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied conducting, open to music majors and conducting minors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 211 Minimum Grade: D
Individual lessons in applied jazz bass, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied harp, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied viola, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied jazz guitar, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied jazz voice, open to music majors, minors, and non-music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Individual lessons in applied jazz drum set. Designed to teach the basics of jazz drumming. Students will learn how to play within a wide variety of jazz styles including straight ahead swing, bossa nova, 12/8, ballad style, etc. Students will learn proper techniques including use of hi-hat, feathering on the bass drum, comping on all drums/cymbals, marking form and use of the proper equipment including brushes, sticks and mallets.
Individual lessons in applied composition, open to music majors, minors, and non? music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30?minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60?minute lesson.
Designed to formulate principles for teaching the brass instruments. Discussion, demonstration, and performance on the brass instruments. Includes development of proper embouchure, tone production, intonation, range and tone quality. Representative repertoire and teaching materials studied.
Designed to formulate principles for teaching the woodwind instruments. Discussion, demonstration, and performance on the woodwind instruments. Includes development of proper embouchure, tone production, intonation, range and tone quality. Representative repertoire and teaching materials studied.
Designed to formulate principles for teaching the string instruments. Discussion, demonstration, and performance on the string instruments. Includes development of proper bowing, tone production, intonation, range and tone quality. Representative repertoire and teaching materials studied.
Designed to formulate principles for teaching the percussion instruments. Discussion, demonstration, and performance on the percussion instruments. Includes development of snare drum technique, proper grip, striking action, and tone quality. Representative repertoire and teaching materials studied.
Topic to be determined by instructor.
This course is designed specifically for students in the B.A. in Music Education program. The course explores musical cultures throughout the world at the present time, including but not limited; Africa, the Americas, Asia, Near East, Europe, and the South Pacific. The course is designed to supplement the Music History sequence (MUSC 391,392,393) by encouraging appreciation for non-Western music and musical cultures that lie outside the Western canon, and will lead them to formulate principles and methodologies for applying their knowledge of world music to their teaching in the elementary and secondary schools.
Mixed, SATB chorus open to students of all majors by placement with choral faculty.
The Gonzaga University Big Bing Theory a cappella vocal ensemble rehearses, reflects upon and performs standard repertoire from the pop a cappella choral music canon. The ensemble is open to students of all areas of study through the choral placement process.
The Gonzaga Vocal Jazz Choir rehearses, reflects upon, and performs standard vocal jazz choir
repertoire from a variety of jazz sub-genres and vocal jazz composers spanning several decades.
The ensemble is open to student musicians of all areas of study.
Vocal performing ensemble course that provides opportunities for fully staged operas and musicals, and smaller acting through singing performances. Additionally every other spring this course serves as the international intercultural exchange touring choir. Audition or preauthorization from a vocal or choral faculty is required for enrollment.
Chorus of tenors & basses open to students of all majors by placement or meeting with choral faculty.
The Glee Club sings TTBB literature. May be repeated for credit.
Chorus of sopranos and altos open to students of all majors. No audition required. Musea sings music from a variety of genres and backgrounds with a special emphasis on music written specifically for treble voices.
The Wind Ensemble performs new and standard literature for concert band and wind ensemble. Audition required.
The Symphony Orchestra is open to all members of the University and Spokane community. Registration required for all orchestra players from the University and community. Audition or permission from instructor required.
Audition required.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 140 Minimum Grade: D
or MUSC 146 Minimum Grade: D
or MUSC 147 Minimum Grade: D
Audition required.
Audition required.
Concurrent:
MUSC 131G
An instrumental class that focuses on tone production, blend, balance, intonation, breath support, and other necessary skills as it relates to the performance of established and contemporary works in the wind band medium.
The Jazz Ensemble performs new and standard literature for big band/jazz orchestra. Membership in the Jazz Ensemble is limited to saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and rhythm section players. An entrance audition at the beginning of the Fall semester is required.
A chamber ensemble for string students. Students must be proficient on their instrument. Audition required.
The Percussion Ensemble performs a wide variety of literature from standard to non-traditional and ethnic music. Instructor permission required.
Gonzaga Band is a non-performing beginning/skills band that will serve as a feeder to the instrumental ensembles in the music department. The class will focus on tone production, blend, balance, intonation, breath support, and other necessary skills for any student musician seeking to audition into music department instrumental ensembles.
GU Drum Line will consist of learning music and other protocol associated with the Gonzaga Bulldog Band. Students will concentrate on leaning proper technique on marching snare, bass drum, cymbals, and quads. They will focus on learning the Bulldog Band repertoire as well as several drum cadences and features that will be showcased at Men’s/Women’s/home games.
The Liturgical Music Ensemble consists of singers and instrumentalists who lead music at the university's festive liturgies, student Masses, ecumenical liturgies, and interfaith services. The course utilizes a diverse repertoire of sacred music, including new compositions, contemporary arrangements, repertoire from the Catholic tradition, hymns, anthems, Mass settings, gospel music, and repertoire from global cultures.
Equivalent:
MUSC 117 - OK if taken since Fall 2024
Review of music fundamentals, basic analysis, and the study of harmony through secondary dominants. Introduction to musical forms.
Concurrent:
MUSC 161L
Course includes ear training, sight-signing, melodic, rhythmic and harmonic dictation.
Concurrent:
MUSC 161
A continuation of MUSC 161.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 161 Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 161L Minimum Grade: S
Concurrent:
MUSC 162L
Course includes ear training, sight-singing, melodic, rhythmic and harmonic dictation.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 161 Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 161L Minimum Grade: D
Concurrent:
MUSC 162
Historical survey of the development of music from antiquity to the present. Relationships between the other arts, philosophies, and social structures presented in context with the evolution of music. Emphasizes the understanding of music history through lecture, performance, and recordings.
Equivalent:
CATH 111 - OK if taken since Fall 2024
A survey of jazz history including important musicians and recordings with the highest emphasis on aural discernment and critical listening skills. The lives, historical/social significance, and music of key jazz musicians of each style period will be studied through demonstrative lectures and audio/visual examples.
Course topic to be determined by Music faculty.
Topic to be determined by faculty.
The First-Year Seminar (FYS) introduces new Gonzaga students to the University, the Core Curriculum, and Gonzaga’s Jesuit mission and heritage. While the seminars will be taught by faculty with expertise in particular disciplines, topics will be addressed in a way that illustrates approaches and methods of different academic disciplines. The seminar format of the course highlights the participatory character of university life, emphasizing that learning is an active, collegial process.
Students develop knowledge of instrumentation, orchestration, and arranging techniques. They apply these concepts to compose and arrange music for instrumentalists and vocalists.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 162 Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 110 Minimum Grade: D
Fundamental study of conducting and score reading, and analysis skill applicable to instrumental and choral ensembles.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 162 Minimum Grade: D
A continuation of MUSC 122, designed for both the student with some past keyboard experience and music majors preparing for the keyboard skills competency exam. Includes review of fundamentals, technical sight-reading, harmonizing transposition, improvisation, and literature.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 122 Minimum Grade: D
A continuation of MUSC 221, designed for both the student with some past experience and music majors preparing for the keyboard competency exam. Includes review of fundamentals, plus technique, sight-reading, harmonization, transposition, improvisation, and literature.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 221 Minimum Grade: D
A continuation of Guitar Class II, this course provides a survey of guitars styles from classical to contemporary.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 124 Minimum Grade: D
A continuation of guitar Class III, this course provides an advanced survey of guitar styles and techniques from classical to contemporary. Emphasis on application in performance.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 223 Minimum Grade: D
Part of a four-semester sequence of courses that explore subjects significant to singers. An introduction to the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and English, Italian, and Latin lyric diction, using IPA as it applies to vocal literature. Explores rules of pronunciation rules and practical application for singers as it relates to foreign language diction.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131C Minimum Grade: D
or MUSC 331C Minimum Grade: D
Part of a four-semester sequence of courses that explore subjects significant to singers. Applies the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to German and French vocal literature. Explores rules of pronunciation rules and practical application for singers as it relates to foreign language diction.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131C Minimum Grade: D
or MUSC 331C Minimum Grade: D
This course is required for students prior to enrolling in upper division applied lessons, normally taken during the fourth semester of MUSC 131 Applied Lessons.
This course explores several musical cultures throughout the world, including but not limited to; Africa, the Americas, Asia, Near East, Europe and the South Pacific. The course is designed to enhance each student’s appreciation of the diversity of music throughout the world, as well as the people that perform it.
This course introduces various musical styles, influences, and composers of the United States from pre-Colonial times to the present. Emphasis is placed on the broad variety of music particular to American culture, and on music's importance in the cultural history of the nation. Students will demonstrate their understanding of American music history and its cultural relevance through writing, discussion, and aural examination.
The Creative Music Lab Ensemble (CMLE) is a contemporary chamber ensemble of varying instrumentation that explores traditional and non-traditional ways of thinking about and making music. Students will study, rehearse and perform a work by a groundbreaking 20th/21st Century composer, as well as student-created arrangements and compositions representing a wide variety of styles. CMLE allows students to actively learn about the creative musical process from ideation-to-performance through direct experience at all stages. It fosters creativity and allows students to integrate their understanding of music theory, ear training and history in a way that permits them to more fully see their relevance and importance. Students develop themselves as well-rounded musicians and gain a deeper knowledge of music. It also gives future music educators the skills to compose, improvise, arrange, and model effective methods for teaching. Fall and Spring.
Continuation of Music Theory II. Advanced ear-training skills, analysis, stylistic writing, and introduction to complex musical forms.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 162 Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 162L Minimum Grade: D
Concurrent:
MUSC 261L
Course includes ear training, sight-singing, melodic, rhythmic and harmonic dictation.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 162 Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 162L Minimum Grade: D
Concurrent:
MUSC 261
Continuation of Music Theory III. Twentieth-century and contemporary harmony and composition.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 261 Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 261L Minimum Grade: D
Topic to be determined by faculty.
Upper Division
Students develop advanced composition and collaboration skills in unique cross-sections with dance, theater, songwriting, and commercial music.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 132A Minimum Grade: A
To prepare all students to conduct a mixed-voice ensemble and be knowledgeable in score study and preparation, including instrument transposition, baton technique, score analysis, interpretation, rehearsal planning and implementation of rehearsal techniques. Students must be prepared to conduct a live ensemble of peers during each class meeting. Conducting times will be assigned for other ensembles outside of class.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 211 Minimum Grade: C
Part of a four-semester sequence of courses that explore subjects significant to singers. Surveys voice science, which includes the anatomy and mechanics of vocalization, breath, and hearing; the acoustics of singing; vocal health and maintenance; classification of voice type; and an introduction to voice analysis and teaching methods.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131C Minimum Grade: D
or MUSC 331C Minimum Grade: D
Part of a four-semester sequence of courses that explore subjects of significant importance to singers. Surveys art song literature, history, and style, exploring major and minor composers of the German, French, Italian, British, and American repertoire.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131C Minimum Grade: D
or MUSC 331C Minimum Grade: D
Public performance and recording of two or more compositions written for MUSC 364. Required of Music majors-Composition Concentration.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: D
Public performance and recording of two or more compositions written for MUSC 364. Required of composition emphasis Music majors.
Concurrent:
MUSC 364
Training in applied piano.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131A Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: D
Individual lessons in applied organ/harpsichord, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131B Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied voice, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson. Students also meet for a weekly 60-minute studio class.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131C Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied violin, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131D Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied cello, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131E Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied oboe, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131F Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied guitar, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131G Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied string bass, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131H Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied clarinet, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131I Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied saxophone, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131J Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied flute, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131K Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied trumpet, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131L Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied low brass, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131M Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied percussion, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131N Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied jazz piano, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131O Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied bassoon, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131P Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied french horn, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131Q Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied jazz improvisation, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131R Minimum Grade: D
Individual lessons in applied electric bass, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131S Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied jazz bass, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131U Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied harp, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131V Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied viola, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131W Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied jazz guitar, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 131X Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
Individual lessons in applied jazz drum set, open to music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30-minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60-minute lesson. Designed to continue in the development and refinement of jazz drumming.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
Choral Conducting lab to accompany Applied Conducting (MUSC 131T).
Concurrent:
MUSC 131T
Individual lessons in applied composition, open to music majors, minors, and non? music majors. 1 credit meets weekly for a 30?minute lesson; 2 credits meet weekly for a 60?minute lesson.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 132A Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 241 Minimum Grade: S
Instrumental Conducting Lab to accompany Applied Conducting (MUSC 131T).
Concurrent:
MUSC 131T
All students pursuing a Major in Music with a Jazz Performance Concentration must pass the Jazz Piano Proficiency Exam. Major and Minor ii-V-I progressions using rootless voicings in all keys, 2-hand accompaniment of 12-bar Blues, and chord progression sight-reading will be evaluated in the exam.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Keyboard students are assigned to student vocalists and instrumentalists by the instructor. Students attend weekly rehearsals, receive coaching and are required to perform at least once per semester.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 331A Minimum Grade: D
Topic determined by Music faculty.
Survey of the history and literature of music from Antiquity through the Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, and Classical Periods.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 261 Minimum Grade: C
and MUSC 130 Minimum Grade: S
Equivalent:
MUSC 291 - OK if taken between Fall 2009 and Summer 2 2011
Survey of the history and literature of music in the Romantic Period, 20th Century, and New Millennium. Includes music of the Western classical and jazz traditions and global intersections.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 391 Minimum Grade: C
Sixty minute degree recital required for those students majoring in Music Performance. Presentation of recital requires successful audition one month prior to recital date.
Public performance and recording of one or more compositions written for MUSC 364 or MUSC 464. Works performed for MUSC 326 are ineligible to meet this requirement. Required for Music Majors, Composition Concentration.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 326 Minimum Grade: D
Concurrent:
MUSC 464
The Core Integration Seminar (CIS) engages the Year Four Question: “Imagining the possible: What is our role in the world?” by offering students a culminating seminar experience in which students integrate the principles of Jesuit education, prior components of the Core, and their disciplinary expertise. Each section of the course will focus on a problem or issue raised by the contemporary world that encourages integration, collaboration, and problem solving. The topic for each section of the course will be proposed and developed by each faculty member in a way that clearly connects to the Jesuit Mission, to multiple disciplinary perspectives, and to our students’ future role in the world.
Designed to teach students chord/scale theory, application, and analysis. The course will cover harmonic major, ascending melodic minor, diminished, augmented, pentatonic, and synthetic scales as well as triad pairs and how they relate to the harmony over which jazz improvisers apply them. Further, students will transcribe and analyze instrumental jazz from three developmental eras of jazz: Bebop (1940-1950), Classic (1950-1960), and Modern (1960-present).
Prerequisite:
MUSC 340 Minimum Grade: S
and MUSC 262 Minimum Grade: C
Future music teachers develop strategies and techniques for effective and creative classroom management, motivation, assessment, and evaluation with applications to K?12 school music programs.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 211 Minimum Grade: C
Concurrent:
MUSC 452L
"Teacher candidates will have the opportunity to explore the instruction, assessment, and technology practices that are at work in schools. Teacher candidates are required to submit a Field Experience Request form to the Field Experience office a minimum of a month prior to the semester they are taking the course. This form can be found on on Blackboard under Teacher Certification and Field Experience Materials Course.
The field experience requires a minimum of 30 hours in the classroom and travel by car may be required. In addition, current fingerprint clearance from the WSP and FBI throughout the semester and Pre-Residency Clearance is to be on file. Field experiences at Gonzaga University provide opportunities for teacher candidates to observe experienced teachers, practice newly emerging teaching skills, and apply theory gained from university coursework to the “real world’ of elementary, middle, and secondary schools. It is also a time of feedback and reflection on the social, psychological, and pedagogical aspects of classroom and school life."
Prerequisite:
MUSC 211 Minimum Grade: C
Concurrent:
MUSC 452
General Music Education Methods is designed to prepare students for teaching general music to children in grades K-12. Emphasis is placed on developing a philosophy of music education that considers the developmental needs of children as foundational in the process of teaching music concepts. The course consists of lectures, teaching demonstrations, peer teaching, music classroom observations, a review of music education literature, and the development of a teaching portfolio. Students will develop skills in teaching music that incorporates singing, movement, playing instruments, listening, creating, and writing.
Concurrent:
MUSC 453L
Equivalent:
EDTE 400 - OK if taken since Fall 2021
EDTE 454N - OK if taken since Fall 2021
EDTE 454N - OK if taken since Fall 2021
Teacher candidates will have the opportunity to explore the instruction, assessment, and technology practices that are at work in schools. Teacher candidates are required to submit a Field Experience Request form to the Field Experience office a minimum of a month prior to the semester they are taking the course. This form can be found on on Blackboard under Teacher Certification and Field Experience Materials Course. The field experience requires a minimum of 30 hours in the classroom and travel by car may be required. In addition, current fingerprint clearance from the WSP and FBI throughout the semester and Pre-Residency Clearance is to be on file.
Concurrent:
MUSC 453
A study of elementary and secondary choral and instrumental instruction including program organization, teaching techniques, materials, and field experiences.
Concurrent:
MUSC 454L
Field experiences at Gonzaga University provide opportunities for teacher candidates to observe experienced teachers, practice newly emerging teaching skills, and apply theory gained from university coursework to the “real world’ of elementary, middle, and secondary schools. It is also a time of feedback and reflection on the social, psychological, and pedagogical aspects of classroom and school life.
Concurrent:
MUSC 454
An in-depth investigation of one particular topic of music. Students engage in analysis, research and practical application of a topic relevant to the discipline of music. Examples include a given composer, genre, and music performance issue. Spring.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 392 Minimum Grade: C
and MUSC 391 Minimum Grade: C
Directed Study/Readings requires completion of a form, and Department Chair permission and cannot be registered for via Zagweb.
This course is designed to test students’ knowledge and retention of the information covered in their course of study. Required for Music Majors, General Studies Concentration.
Prerequisite:
(MUSC 291 Minimum Grade: D
or MUSC 391 Minimum Grade: D)
and (MUSC 311 Minimum Grade: D
or MUSC 211 Minimum Grade: D)
and (MUSC 390 Minimum Grade: D
or MUSC 391 Minimum Grade: D)
and (MUSC 391 Minimum Grade: D
or MUSC 392 Minimum Grade: D)
and MUSC 462 Minimum Grade: D
and MUSC 499 Minimum Grade: S
The Seminar complements the semester of student teaching. It is an integral facet of the student teaching experience and will serve both as a forum for sharing ideas, concerns, problems and solutions as well as a means of preparation for effective teaching. Current issues in music education will be discussed.
Concurrent:
MUSC 496
This is a culminating 16 week capstone experience in which the teacher candidate assumes the full responsibility of a teacher under the direction of a University Supervisor and a Mentor Teacher. Seminars are provided for student interaction, problem solving, certification requirements, and informational support. Current fingerprint clearance from the WSP and FBI throughout the semester and Pre-Residency Clearance is on file.
Concurrent:
MUSC 495
An Internship in Music is designed to give music majors an experience working within a professional organization and to develop hands-on career experiences. It is intended to prepare music majors for a career in the music and/or teaching profession. The student is responsible for securing the internship.
Required for those students seeking the Bachelor of Arts in Music, General Studies Concentration. A major research paper on a selected topic. The Senior Thesis will serve as a major component in the Oral Comprehensive Exam.
Prerequisite:
MUSC 399 Minimum Grade: D
In addition to their major and minor areas of study, all undergraduate students follow a common program designed to complete their education in those areas that the University considers essential for a Catholic, Jesuit, liberal, and humanistic education. The University Core Curriculum consists of forty-five credits of course work, with additional designation requirements that can be met through core, major, or elective courses.
The University Core Curriculum is a four-year program, organized around one overarching question, which is progressively addressed through yearly themes and questions. Hence, core courses are best taken within the year for which they are designated. First year core courses encourage intellectual engagement and provide a broad foundation of fundamental skills. Second and third year courses examine central issues and questions in philosophy and religious studies. The fourth year course, the Core Integration Seminar, offers a culminating core experience. Taken at any time throughout the four years, broadening courses intersect with the core themes and extend students’ appreciation for the humanities, arts, and social and behavioral sciences. Finally, the designation requirements (writing enriched, global studies, and social justice) reflect important values and reinforce students’ knowledge and competencies.
Overarching Core Question: As students of a Catholic, Jesuit, and Humanistic University, how do we educate ourselves to become women and men for a more just and humane global community?
Year 1 Theme and Question: Understanding and Creating: How do we pursue knowledge and cultivate understanding?
- The First-Year Seminar (DEPT 193, 3 credits): The First-Year Seminar (FYS), taken in the fall or spring of the first year, is designed to promote an intellectual shift in students as they transition to college academic life. Each small seminar is organized around an engaging topic, which students explore from multiple perspectives. The FYS is offered by many departments across the University (click here [PDF] for list of FYS courses).
- Writing (ENGL 101, 3 credits) and Reasoning (PHIL 101, 3 credits): The Writing and Reasoning courses are designed to help students develop the foundational skills of critical reading, thinking, analysis, and writing. They may be taken as linked sections. Writing (ENGL 101) carries one of the three required writing-enriched designations (see below).
- Communication & Speech (COMM 100, 3 credits): This course introduces students to interpersonal and small group communication and requires the application of critical thinking, reasoning, and research skills necessary to organize, write, and present several speeches.
- Scientific Inquiry (BIOL 104/104L, CHEM 104/104L, or PHYS 104/104L, 3 credits): This course explores the scientific process in the natural world through evidence-based logic and includes significant laboratory experience. Students pursuing majors that require science courses will satisfy this requirement through their major.
- Mathematics (above Math 100, 3 credits): Mathematics courses promote thinking according to the modes of the discipline—abstractly, symbolically, logically, and computationally. One course in mathematics, above Math 100, including any math course required for a major or minor, will fulfill this requirement. MATH 100 (College Algebra) and courses without the MATH prefix do not fulfill this requirement.
Year 2 Theme and Question: Being and Becoming: Who are we and what does it mean to be human?
- Philosophy of Human Nature (PHIL 201, 3 credits): This course provides students with a philosophical study of key figures, theories, and intellectual traditions that contribute to understanding the human condition; the meaning and dignity of human life; and the human relationship to ultimate reality.
- Christianity and Catholic Traditions (RELI, 3 credits). Religious Studies core courses approved for this requirement explore diverse topics including Christian scriptures, history, theology, and practices as well as major contributions from the Catholic intellectual and theological traditions (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses) .
Year 3 Theme and Question: Caring and Doing: What principles characterize a well lived life?
- Ethics (PHIL 301 or RELI, 3 credits): The Ethics courses are designed to help students develop their moral imagination by exploring and explaining the reasons humans should care about the needs and interests of others. This requirement is satisfied by an approved ethics course in either Philosophy (PHIL 301) or Religious Studies (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- World/Comparative Religion (RELI, 3 credits): Religious Studies courses approved for this core requirement draw attention to the diversity that exists within and among traditions and encourage students to bring critical, analytical thinking to bear on the traditions and questions considered. These courses carries one of the required two global-studies designations (see below) (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
Year 4 Theme and Question: Imagining the Possible: What is our role in the world?”
- Core Integration Seminar (DEPT 432, 3 credits). The Core Integration Seminar (CIS) offers students a culminating core experience in which they integrate the principles of Jesuit education, prior components of the core, and their disciplinary expertise. Some CIS courses may also count toward a student’s major or minor. The CIS is offered by several departments across the University (click here [PDF] for list of CIS courses).
The Broadening Courses
- Fine Arts & Design (VART, MUSC, THEA, 3 credits): Arts courses explore multiple ways the human experience can be expressed through creativity, including across different cultures and societies. One approved course in fine arts, music, theatre, or dance will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- History (HIST, 3 credits): History courses are intended to develop students’ awareness of the historical context of both the individual and the collective human experience. One course in History (HIST 101, HIST 102, HIST 112, HIST 201, HIST 202) will fulfill this requirement.
- Literature (3 credits): Literature courses foster reflection on how literature engages with a range of human experience. One approved course in Literature (offered by English, Classics, or Modern Languages) will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Social & Behavioral Sciences (3 credits): Courses in the social and behavioral sciences engage students in studying human behavior, social systems, and social issues. One approved course offered by Criminal Justice, Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, or Women and Gender Studies will fulfill this requirement (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
The Designations
Designations are embedded within already existing core, major, minor, and elective courses. Students are encouraged to meet designation requirements within elective courses as their schedule allows; however, with careful planning students should be able to complete most of the designation requirements within other core, major, or minor courses.
- Writing Enriched (WE; 3 courses meeting this designation): Courses carrying the WE designation are designed to promote the humanistic and Jesuit pedagogical ideal of clear, effective communication. In addition to the required core course, Writing (ENGL 101), which carries one of the WE designations, students must take two other WE-designated courses (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Global-Studies (GS; 2 courses meeting this designation): Courses carrying the GS designation are designed to challenge students to perceive and understand human diversity by exploring diversity within a context of constantly changing global systems. In addition to the required core course, World/Comparative Religion (RELI 300-level), which carries one of the GS designations, students must take one other GS-designated course (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
- Social-Justice (SJ; 1 course meeting this designation): Courses carrying the SJ designation are designed to introduce students to one or more social justice concerns. Students must take one course that meets the SJ designation (click here [PDF] for a list of approved courses).
Major-specific adaptations to the University Core Curriculum
All Gonzaga students, regardless of their major, will complete the University Core Curriculum requirements. However some Gonzaga students will satisfy certain core requirements through major-specific programs or courses. Any major-specific adaptations to the core are described with the requirements for the majors to which they apply.